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Summer

Summer was a season[source needed], and, according to Fu Manchu's son, the best time for Sinister Brooding. (PROSE: "An Introduction" [+]Part of The Beasthouse, Lawrence Miles, Faction Paradox spin-offs (2008).)

History[]

The exploding warp core engines of a Rutan ship created a time bubble around Stockbridge. Millennia passed inside it, but it was always summer. The Fifth Doctor, Nyssa and Maxwell Edison "popped" the bubble, finally bringing autumn to the town. (AUDIO: The Eternal Summer)

While visiting London during the summer in the 17th century, the Fifth Doctor and Nyssa were arrested for forgery by Sir Isaac Newton. (AUDIO: Summer)

The Elysium was launched in the Summer of 1887 (PROSE: Enthusiastic Amateur Diver Shares His Discoveries With You!) in Manchester by the Princess Helena. (PROSE: Pride of Mayfield Star Lines Beached in Devastating Storm)

The Battle of Britain during World War II was fought during the summer of 1940. (PROSE: Remembrance of the Daleks)

Andy Warhol painted all eleven incarnations of the Doctor during the summer of 1966. (PROSE: The War of Art)

In the United States of America, the summer of 1967 was referred to by the counterculture movement as the Summer of Love. (PROSE: Wonderland)

After escaping its imprisonment by the Time Lords, the Kin went to Earth in the summer of 1984. It started buying property using money recycled through time to attract the Eleventh Doctor as part of its plan to control all time. (PROSE: Nothing O'Clock)

In 2004, GPW and their children visited Castleton in the Peak District, where the two children were rescued by the Ninth Doctor from "lizard people". Also during that summer, the Doctor tried to buy a cup of tea from a café in Cambridge with the old 10p pieces, so Riccy Unwin gave him 50p so he could pay. (PROSE: Have You Seen This Man?)

Ewan Lloyd was an accountant who lived in Cardiff. He had been a heavy alcoholic until around the summer of 2008 when he gave up drinking for the sake of his wife and daughter. (PROSE: SkyPoint)

In 2011, Amy Pond and Rory Williams spent "all summer" waiting for the Eleventh Doctor as he searched for their daughter, Melody Pond. Ultimately, the Doctor returned to Leadworth empty-handed, only for the three to subsequently learn that Melody had regenerated into Mels, Amy and Rory's childhood friend. (TV: Let's Kill Hitler)

The Eleventh Doctor, Amy and Rory stopped Sammy Star using a Weeping Angel in his magic act in summer 2012. (PROSE: Magic of the Angels)

At the end of the universe, Me compared the Twelfth Doctor's refusal to accept Clara Oswald's death, and his subsequent attempts to undo it, to him wanting summer vacation to last forever. (TV: Hell Bent)

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